Help building a computer around Q6600

[forbdwiz]

bump

 

[Maziar]

why bump?
Aevm answered you :The 450VX should be enough, with 33A on the 12V rail, but of course something more powerful would be more future-proof.
This one for example has 49A and it's top quality:
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703005
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =CA-002-PP

 

[Shadow703793]

Go with a DS3x instead of the P5K.
It is cheaper and has better OC

I recomend:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

 

[Maziar]

Its cheaper but u cant say it OCs better, P35 DS3R/DS3L and P5K are very good boards, and they are very good OC'ers

 

[forbdwiz]

Thanks for the reply..sorry I didn't read the post above. I was also wondering what would be a good choice for RAM with OCing in mind crucial ballistix or some other equally good but cheaper priced offering ?

 

[bl4ckman]

can anyone tell me what is a good psu to get for q6600 and p5k mobo

 

[Ironnads]

the Corsair 450 is a solid choice, unless your planning on further gpus etc in the future.
Ryan

 

[Maziar]

OCZ STEALTHXSTREAM 600W, Corsair 520 are fine for that rig

 

[bl4ckman]

ive just built it, using pov 8800 gt, 500 sata drive, 600psu, would i have to download latest bios or driver updates from asus, or just run the disk sent with it

 

[Wolfshadw]

Grats on the build. I would recommend downloading the latest drivers from the respective web sites if possible.

-Wolf sends

 

[rubix_1011]

You can use the ASUS InstALL disk and it will download and install the latest drivers for all your board components from ASUS. It does take a little time and needs a few reboots, but works well. Just make sure you pull the disk out during each reboot or it tries to make you create a boot disk for RAID drivers. Just pop the disk back in once Windows starts to load and it will continue on its merry way. Nice build...have fun!

 

[bl4ckman]

Hello guys and gals, thanks for your support, but now im having some problems. I have gone for the CM690, with coolermaster psu also, got on the pov 8800gt, and 2 gig kingston.

The built is very basic at the moment but the problem with I face now, is that this new built is slower that my old retired computer, which only had 512.

If I have to programmes or any two things open then thats it, it would be quicker to walk to the internet cafe. Example of how slow it is, earlier i had sandre from Sisoftware running, had explorer opened and then i tried to open task manager which took a crazy mad almost 6 minutes to open up.

How can i speed up this new build to reflect the money i spent on it.

Thanks in advance

 

[HamRadio]

if you were using XP before and are now using Vista that may explain part of the slowdown. Vista is about twice as system intensive as XP.

To speed things up, more RAM can't hurt and RAM is cheap. If you are using a 32 bit operating system, add 1 more GB of RAM; if you are using a 64 bit operating system, add 2 more GB of RAM. If you can add a second HDD, do that, and use the fastest HDD for the operating system, and the second HDD for everything else. There are several choices for fast HDD. I still like the 150GB Raptors. Faster still would be adding pairs of HDDs in a RAID configuration.

After that, read the sticky on overclocking. If your fastest stable OC is slow, consider a CPU cooler. Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme currently has the best numbers. You will need a 120mm fan with that - get a Scythe S-Flex. They come in D, E and F flavors, you will want the F for a CPU cooler.

You probably don't need two fans for your CPU cooler, but I just saw another thread with two fans on an Ultra-120. Fans are cheap though, and if you decide to get two, install them on opposite sides of the cooler in a push pull configuration. You can buy the mounts for the second fan, or you can make your own out of paperclips following the pattern of the clips that are included for the first fan (I've read that properly bent paperclips do a better job holding the fan than the included clips).

 

[aevm]

He's got 2 GB of RAM. I agree that Vista could use more, but still, this doesn't explain 6 minutes wait to start a program. Something's messed up.

bl4ckman, can you install XP or even Windows 2000, just to see if they're working OK? It would be good to narrow it down and see if it's Vista's problem or a hardware thing.